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When I got to the subway this morning, I reached into my pocket for my 30-day Metrocard, and it wasn't there. Since I was already well behind my usual schedule, I decided to use a pay-per-ride card and deal with the problem later.
I got home and looked in all the sensible places, and a few not-entirely-sensible ones, without result. I am not happy.
I have called the MTA's refund hotline and left a message; someone is supposed to call me back tomorrow, and I'll get a pro-rated credit to the credit card I bought it with.
The real problem is that I've lost not only the farecard, but the handy little plastic holder I had it in. When they introduced the cards, the MTA handed out some free holders, to encourage people to start using cards instead of tokens. After that, they offered them for sale at the Transit Museum shops for about $1.50. Then they stopped, completely. I don't know why.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude and I have used up half a dozen of the holders (over time, the glue connecting the two sides wears off, and then bits of the thin, transparent plastic that's one side of the holder break off, and eventually it won't hold the card anymore.
The holder I just lost, I found on eBay a few months ago. There aren't many there, though: none at all right now. The fallback is to keep my Metrocard in my wallet, which is less convenient, because I have to reach into my pocket, take out my wallet, and then take the card out of a pocket in my wallet.
I cling to the hope that it got knocked behind some piece of furniture, and will keep my eye open for either replacements or plausible substitutes.
I got home and looked in all the sensible places, and a few not-entirely-sensible ones, without result. I am not happy.
I have called the MTA's refund hotline and left a message; someone is supposed to call me back tomorrow, and I'll get a pro-rated credit to the credit card I bought it with.
The real problem is that I've lost not only the farecard, but the handy little plastic holder I had it in. When they introduced the cards, the MTA handed out some free holders, to encourage people to start using cards instead of tokens. After that, they offered them for sale at the Transit Museum shops for about $1.50. Then they stopped, completely. I don't know why.
cattitude and I have used up half a dozen of the holders (over time, the glue connecting the two sides wears off, and then bits of the thin, transparent plastic that's one side of the holder break off, and eventually it won't hold the card anymore.The holder I just lost, I found on eBay a few months ago. There aren't many there, though: none at all right now. The fallback is to keep my Metrocard in my wallet, which is less convenient, because I have to reach into my pocket, take out my wallet, and then take the card out of a pocket in my wallet.
I cling to the hope that it got knocked behind some piece of furniture, and will keep my eye open for either replacements or plausible substitutes.
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